Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em

On 8/23/26 14:57, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 23/08/2026 19:24, rbowman wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:19:48 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>>> With hindsight I think McCarthy was a lot more right than we gave him
>>> credit for
>>
>> He and others of the Red Scare era were shortsighted. They focused on the
>> CPUSA which did march to the Comintern drummer. They missed the emigres
>> from the Frankfurt school that had fled Germany. In the late '50s and 
>> '60s
>> it was Marcuse, Horkheimer, Benjamin, Fromm and their ilk that were being
>> read and discussed by the New Left, not the musty Stalinism. The New
>> School for Social Research became the hub for the refugees.
> +1

   Tailgunner Joe WAS on to something. However, after
   some success, he apparently became a serious alcoholic
   and it kinda rotted his brain. He began to make
   accusations against people he shouldn't have and thus
   got pushed to the curb. Alas his later excesses led
   to considerable/excessive push-back/undoing later on.

   Also, USA - not so sure about UK/Euro - has pretty
   serious protections against persecuting people JUST
   because of their political beliefs. More than "belief"
   is required - some kind of active aggressive PLOT has
   to be proven. Even in the mid 1950s you WERE allowed
   to be a "Card-Carrying Communist". Still are.